Writing an informal email or letter

In today’s world it is very important to say connected with people. Globalization has made our world smaller and English has emerged as the main language internationally. In this post we are going to talk about an essential part of communicating. We are going to take a look at some useful language when we write informal emails or letters.

There are three parts when we write an email or letter. These are the introduction, the body and the conclusion.

The introduction

In this section we use opening expressions and the reason of our email. We can also thank or answer a previous email which we received.

How are you? How have you been? How’s everything going? I was glad to hear from you. I hope things are going well with you these days. I hope you are doing fine. Hope you are well. What’s new?

Reason one is writing:

I am writing because … The reason I am writing is because … I wanted to … I would like to …

Opening Expressions when we answer an email / letter

Thanks for you email / letter It was great to hear from you It was so nice to hear from you. Sorry for not writing earlier I hope you and your family are well

Responding to news

Sorry to hear about… Glad to hear that you’re all well Good luck with … Hope you feel better soon

Body

This is the most important part. Here we talk about the main subject and expand with details about the reason of writing the email. If we talk about two different things it is best to write another paragraph.

Then if you need to ask for something I suggest the following expressions:

Asking for something

Can you please…? Is it ok if you …? I want to … Would you mind …? I was wondering if…

Conclusion

Closing expressions

Anyway, / Well that’s all for now Hope to hear from you soon / Looking forward to hearing from you soon Send my regards (love) to… Take care / Best wishes / Regards / (Lots of) love from… Sincerely, Stay in touch / Keep in touch Bye for now See you